Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The modified anal fin of the male of certain fishes, such as guppies, used to transfer sperm into the female.
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- noun ichthyology A modified
anal fin of certain types of fish that can be used forreproduction
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin : gono– + Greek pous, pod-, foot; see podium.]
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Examples
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That does not exclude males with an average-sized sex organ, called a gonopodium.
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Come to think of it, there probably should be "gonopodium faculty."
<a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2007/02/clinical-and-podium-faculty-podium.html" title=""Clinical and podium faculty" ... podium Ann Althouse 2007
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